| 单词 | say neither buff nor stye |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto say (also know) neither buff nor stye b. to say (also know) neither buff nor stye (Scottish): i.e. neither one thing nor another, nothing at all. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > be ignorant [phrase] > know nothing to say (also know) neither buff nor stye?a1750 to know little (or nothing) and care less1783 not to know beans1833 not to have the remotest1864 (not) to know from nothing1933 not to know shit from Shinolaa1948 the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > be silent/refrain from speaking [verb (intransitive)] to hold one's tonguec897 to keep one's tonguec897 to be (hold oneself) stilla1000 to say littleOE to hold one's mouthc1175 to shut (also close) one's mouthc1175 to keep (one's) silence?c1225 to hold (also have, keep) one's peacea1275 stillc1330 peacec1395 mum1440 to say neither buff nor baff1481 to keep (also play) mum1532 to charm the tonguec1540 to have (also set, keep) a hatch before the door1546 hush1548 to play (at) mumbudgeta1564 not to say buff to a wolf's shadow1590 to keep a still tongue in one's head1729 to sing small1738 to sew up1785 let that fly stick in (or to) the wall1814 to say (also know) neither buff nor stye1824 to choke back1844 mumchance1854 to keep one's trap shut1899 to choke up1907 to belt up1949 to keep (or stay) shtum1958 shtum1958 ?a1750 Jacobite Relics I. 80 (Jam.) Who knew not what was right or wrong, And neither buff nor sty, sir. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. xii. 274 ‘What say you to that?’..‘I say neither buff nor stye to it’. to say (or know) neither buff nor stye Chiefly in to say (or know) neither buff nor stye: see buff int. b. ΚΠ ?a1750 Jacobite Relics I. 80 (Jam.) Who knew not what was right or wrong, And neither buff nor sty, sir. 1823 J. Galt Entail II. xv. 140 He was clean dementit at that time,..he would neither buff nor stye for father nor mother, friend nor foe. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet II. xii. 274 ‘What say you to that?’..‘I say neither buff nor stye to it’. 1884 ‘J. Strathesk’ More Bits from Blinkbonny i. 5 Ye can neither make buff nor stye o' them. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。